{"id":2127,"date":"2026-02-23T20:00:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T20:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/?page_id=2127"},"modified":"2026-02-24T02:42:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T02:42:17","slug":"washington","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/?page_id=2127","title":{"rendered":"Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/WA\/bill\/HB2291\/2025\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/WA\/bill\/HB2291\/2025\">HB2291<\/a> KCPA<br><a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/WA\/drafts\/SB6196\/2025\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/WA\/drafts\/SB6196\/2025\">SB6196<\/a> taxing kratom, <strong>95% tax<\/strong> Meeting 2-3-26 Senate Comm on Labor &amp; Commerce<br><a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/WA\/drafts\/SB6287\/2025\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/WA\/drafts\/SB6287\/2025\">SB6287<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Washington-2025-SB6287-Introduced.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Washington-2025-SB6287-Introduced.pdf\">Bill details<\/a> similar to KCPA with 7OH restrictions, mixed in with cannabis bill<br><br><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Spokane<\/strong><\/span> <br><strong>Monday, February 23, 2026, at 6:00 pm PST <\/strong><br><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Meeting Details<\/span><\/strong><br> Updated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Spokane-city-council-updated-draft-agenda-2026-02-23-Update.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Spokane-city-council-updated-draft-agenda-2026-02-23-Update.pdf\">Agenda<\/a> under item 2.c<br>The <strong>Spokane City Council<\/strong> is holding a legislative session tonight on <br><strong>Ordinance C36820<\/strong>\u2014the proposed ban on the sale and distribution of kratom\u2014is scheduled for its <strong>First Reading<\/strong>.<br>Tell them do NOT Ban. Refer them to <a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/WA\/bill\/HB2291\/2025\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/WA\/bill\/HB2291\/2025\">HB2291<\/a> Kratom Consumer Protection Act which regulates kratom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">to the ordiance C36820<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Public Testimony:<\/strong> Sign-ups for testimony close at <strong>6:00 p.m. tonight<\/strong>. Each speaker is typically limited to <strong>two minutes<\/strong>. You can sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/my.spokanecity.org\/citycouncil\/meetings\/signup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">online here<\/a>.<br><br><strong>Location:<\/strong> <br>City Council Chambers<br>Lower Level of City Hall<br>808 W. Spokane Falls Blvd.<br><br><strong>Public Testimony:<\/strong> Sign-ups for testimony close at <strong>6:00 p.m. tonight<\/strong>. Each speaker is typically limited to <strong>two minutes<\/strong>. You can sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/my.spokanecity.org\/citycouncil\/meetings\/signup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">online here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Virtual Access:<\/strong> You can participate via <a href=\"https:\/\/my.spokanecity.org\/citycouncil\/meetings\/2026\/02\/23\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WebEx<\/a> (Meeting ID: 249 699 17004; Password: 0320) or watch live on <a href=\"https:\/\/my.spokanecity.org\/citycable5\/live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CityCable 5<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Cities and Counties<\/span><\/strong><br>Cle Elum<br>Spokane<br>Spokane Valley<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HB2291 KCPASB6196 taxing kratom, 95% tax Meeting 2-3-26 Senate Comm on Labor &amp; CommerceSB6287 Bill details similar to KCPA with 7OH restrictions, mixed in with cannabis bill Spokane Monday, February 23, 2026, at 6:00 pm PST Meeting Details Updated Agenda under item 2.cThe Spokane City Council is holding a legislative session tonight on Ordinance C36820\u2014the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2127","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2127"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2146,"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2127\/revisions\/2146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}